The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 20, 1916, Page SIX, Image 6

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[The Diamoi 1 Fr By ROY L. ) Copyrighted 1915, by Roy L This instalment of this romantic novel and absorbing narrative will be shown in motion pictures at The Casino Theatre on Thursday afternoon and night. .::. y > : >: > $10000 For 5,000 Words or Less For an Idea For a Sequel to hTUI? 1 Ml JLs DIAMONDFROM THE SKY" I The Arherican Film Manufacturing Company's Picturized Rornaniic Novel In Chapters. This contest is open to any man. woman or child who is not connected, directly or indirectly, with the Film Company or the newspapers publishing the continued story. No literary ability is necessary to qualify as a contestant. You arc advised to sec the continued photo ph.y in the theaters where it will be shown to read the story as it runs every week, and then send in your suggestion. Contestants must confine their contributions for the sequel to 1,000 Lvords or icss. It is the idea, that is wanted. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. A feud has existed between Colonel Arthur Stanley and his cousin. Judge 1 .ulnar Stanley, over an heirloom, the diamond from the sky, found in a fit lion meteor b> an ancestor. Also, the succession to the Stanley earldom in England may come in an American. When a daughter is born to the colonel and the mother dies, the colonel buys 11 g\ psy boy and substitutes) him. Three years later the g> psy mother, having had no part in this bargain, steals the girl, being reared" in secre t, and leaves her son undetected as the heir. The gyp- ' my lias obtained possession of the diamond from the sky, and a document with the Stanley secret. When Esther is grown a beautiful young girl, llagur. now gypsy queen, returns to Virginia with her. Dr. I-.ee, the lute Colonel Stanley's friend, adopts Esther, but demunds that llagur turn over to him the diamond from the sky. Arthur Stanley, son of I (agar, falls In love with Esther and so dyes Ids companion and Ooiuiii. liiair Stanley, rightful male heir of Stanley. In stealing the dia- . inond Blair causes the death of tlic doctor and tries, later'to put the blame on -Arthur, who takes the diamond from him. The sheriff attempts to take Arthur into custody, lint lie eludes his pursuers and joins llagar, who reveals his identity and upbraids hin. for his wild life. Needing money, he "p'f^ds the diamond in llichrnotid. At a .1)5.1 II, at which a supposed New York belle, Vivian Marston, is the guest of honor, Arthur and Blair lind the diamond on the visitor! Site is an ad vein tuross who has borrowed it. > l-iuke l.ovell, II char's gypsy guard, steals the diamond. .id to nvoid detection drops it into a in i box. Arthur haves Richmond and goes to the west. The dia uiond pauses trttu a 'mail hag, picked up. by Quubbu, -organ grind* r t jua bba'o ( monkey steals the diamond. I (agar takes Ksther to Stunl?\V hall. Tom Blake-, a detective of Itiehniond, who is hired by Hague, produces linger prints convicting Blair. lla.gat proposes, silence to Mrs. Stanley as tin; price of Hague's and lather's being received in Fairfax society. Blair strikes down I lagar and steals the linger print"-', leaving the gypsy demented. The diamond Is found by a negro boy and is taken by a tramp. The latter is murdered b> Hung Ki. it is stolen .just as a sluutini eg party enters llung Li's den. IIagar is again With Ksther jltnong tlte g\j?si? s. Mnrmaduke Sinythe, lawyer, arrives to announce Arthur is heir to the deceased Marl of Stanley. Learning Arthur is a fugitive lie seeks Blair instead. To win Vivian, Blair * tea 18 the diamond, later marrying her and leaving for the west. Their train Is robbed, Vivian losing the diamond, which a slain train robber drops in tlx: desert. The $HiO,<X)0 he stole is found by Arthur, now known as John Howell, sheep herder Vivian deserts Blair, telling him ho must regain the diamond for her. Luke Lovell. driven from the camp after learning llaffar'H secret, leaves to seek Blair. I (agar !b under treatment and Ksther is in Hichinoml society, protege of Mrs. Stanley, who suspects her real name, and of Mrs. Huiidolnli. Alio Bloom, -rambler, who knows Blair's guilt, covets tlx; diamond and calls It the price of Ids secrecy. Blair Will not listen to Lovell, and Arthur also Insists on his silence. Blair returns to Richmond and. instituted by his mother, pays unwelcome court to Ksther. Mrs. Stanley asserting Vivian had been married before. The diamond is picked up hy an Indian woman. Dr. I.ee, Arthur le u lis, died of hoart disease. Becoming \ cry rich lie buys Stanley hall, sold at auction, through Blake, and also provides for I lagar atal has money left secretly in lis.titer's loom. Luko Lovell buys tin- diamond front the s?|tiaw. but loses it in a tight on Santa Barbara bay, the pent sinking. At the auction Smythe buys a mount ed doer head Vivian, desiring aid t?> cn.enare Arthur, sends for Blair. Esther and (juabbn, also I'lair, go t< the California mines to seek Arthur. Ida i to learn the whereabouts of the oi ad for Vivian. Smythe is s? in west . v Ii;: Eovell repairs the coach in which 1! ?nd Siriythe ride, 'juahha catches a t> with the dhtntohd in its gills, but a pelican hours off the gent. The coach rolls down the mount in. hut Esther and the lawyer coup- unhurt Mo anwhile Quahha returns, and In- a no Esther elude Luke and Blair by going through a tunnel and exploding a Ida t 1 ' I Ml om the Sky McCARDEL McCARDEL Vivian Marston In rescued from drowning by John I'owoll, who falls In love with her. Mnrmaduke Stnytlio shoots a tvok and finds the diamond. CHAPTER XXXIII. Esther and the Diamond. DOWN* the rough mountain road.i turning abrupt aiul dangerous curves, skirl hit: the edges of sheer precipices, the bucki board sped on Its thirty mile trip from the south portal of the mine tunnel in j ihe mountain to the small depot that! ' was the nearest rail connection of the! mines with civilization. The driver's face was wreathed with n cheerful smile of appreciation at the honor lie felt was his in convoying so fair a young woman and so odd anil sq in-j teresting a personage as the foreign i droll. Quabba, ensconced on the back of the buckboard. Ksther listened to the driver with; seeming attention, but her thoughts were far away. The old feud of the Stanleys would not down. <Jirl as she was. Ksther fell Inspired with blood hatred, which is as Mrong as blood's more ktn?ilier lie* sind stronger. That Blair was in her (hoiiehis, more in contempt than tear, while of his aypsy companion and ne- I complice, I.like Lovell. she thought not at all. may not be si ramie if propinquity has 'he subtle intlnenee it is supposed to have. As the buekboard sped alone toward the base of i he mountain Blair Stanley and laike Lov ell had gained the mountain summit in their lone: and arduous tramp from the mine portal to the other side of the ranee. Blair's Holdulasses were focused upon Esther, it would seem, at the very moment her mind's eye was focused upon him. "There jroes Esther!" cried Blair, puttine down the (iehhvlu ;ses and poinline to the bin-khoard t!:at inoved. a mere speck to the naked eye. alone lite road far down below. "We; can Intercept her yet by dropping straight down this cursedly steep j mountain," I-'alr added. f I .. i~ - - i * - - 1 1 i.iiko ^niiiu'u a siiny iisscni, aim tlu? two desperate ad venturers? the1 yent leinaii. so called. Mini I ho yypsy? \ started <1< i w 11 thorough, straight inoun tain trail at as brisk a pace as they dared attempt. That Ar.lmr Stanley was or. was not what he see met I was j of little moment to I.nke. lie was be- j wildefed on the edyo of a yreaf seeret . of which he had but the faintest ylitnpse and yrasp. lie only reinem bered t'..a; Matt Ilardimt. 1 layar's hum I dead husband, had traMiekcd with the yentlcfolk of Stanley hall and had made his yypsy fortune thereby. I.nke also knew that l'.sther had the doenment that was the essence of llti St a n lev *e*rot. It also concerned the diamond front the sky. I.nke knew I.nke had no love for lllair Stanley. lie determined upon two thinirs. One wa-1 that no harm should befall Ksther. foi w hom I.nke had lony held a wild affec lion. The other resolve concerned the dia.tnoiid. Soeniinyly the accomplice ? "! Hlair Stanley in his desperate schemes lo regain M'lM | i' IS^C^S II. Vol 111 I lie I : I ' lv I of his mil: ! I.ukc Lovoll fob 11is (loop osl joy would bo when bo throttled Blair Stanley :i11?I tore I In* diamond from bis weakening grasp. As ttlair and IaiUo spood down i bo mouniain ovor a rooky and half oblil orated I rail in intoroopi llsther. Marina ilnko Smythe, guiding h"u >olf by llio sun. plods along I bo mail at llio bus.' of llio n 1 o11:11: i?i. Marmadtikc Sniytlie is imbiiod wi'b ono idea, 'llio i.loa is that "Kngland. Iioino and beauty," as bo expresses It to binisolf. lio to llio oast. So at sunrise bo has faced the oasl and plodded from Ins oampliro. carrying the suit ease, bis gun and the door bead, which more and more lie lias1 conic to believe is a bona lido trophy of his prowess as a hunter in the Anicr ionn Jungle. The diamond from the sky means little or nothing to Marina duke Smythe. "I low it came on the veldt 1 cannot for i lie life of me imagine," ho muses.' "I only know, Marmadiiko Smythe, you are a bally ass to have ever left Knglaii<I to find the Yankee heir to the Stanley earldom." These reveries were ended abruptly] b.v :i succession of pistol shots. The startled lawyer next heard n pounding clatter of hoofs and the rat tie of wheels coining behind him. "The savage Iroquois have tracked: me down!" lie cried, and stood stock still, too frightened to move. And then he fell himself howled over and scat lered with his belongings in the dust. Siuylhe, picking himself up. sawlhat the Wilson was driven by the pretty girl who had shared the coach with him just previous to the wreck that had made him what he was now, a wanderer in the wilderness, put I hardships and adventure had sharpened even the wits of the timid London law yer. lit* gave a willing hand to helj bring ihe horses out of their tangle of harness against the hillside and was quick to accept the proffer of a lift from the mysterious young woman w ho had been his fellow passenger in I THE HORRY HERi ^ % . I "The savage Iroquois have tracked me down/* the wreeked eonelt and the strange ^ looking hunchback with her. The lawyer briskly piled his chattels I o.n the backboard and hopped nimbly I on the back and was speeding on. all; within the space of a few seconds. He I gleaned front the comments of his resetters that they had been attacked j by two men on foot and that thedriv er of the vehicle had been shot and' lay back in the road, wounded or dead J A cold sweat broke out upon the j hrotv of M.'trmaduke Sniythe. "Acta 1 ally." he thought to himself, for tin * ibfjdion <tf .'he lnn-L-bnsiril Lronf I iin mute. "actually. these w ild Ameii-j .-ins seem to take pisrolini; ;is :in ev eryday matter, like having muffins foi tea at home in Knsrland!" Luke and Blair had failed attain. ! They had intercepted the buckboard and had shot down the leave young miner, who had refused to halt a' their sadden shouts to do so when the;, hud sprung out from the brush of the hillside on to the road. \\ ilh a qui blow Ouabba struek down ldair. bn: too late to save ! lie driver. "They have killed me! lMivo on and save yourselves!" had been the last; words of the driver, and even as he had fallen, or had tbrown himself from the seat, he had stria k the horses a quick. heavy Mow with the whip i which had fallen at the feet of Kstker The miulilriKil lmrses left the pursuing Luke and Blair far behind. But Luke and Elnir Had Failed Again. :it a fork in the ro.nl they took tlie w re11.? i urn and went astray. Leali/. iiiK this. Kstlier and tjuahba made camp and waited till daybreak. Around their small cauiplire. which they sheltered with rocks in order not to attract attention, the three so strangely thrown together recounted) their eventful adventures. "It 5s a coincidence, my dear yotinu lady." Marntaduke Sniytlie remarked 1 finally. "that you are seek in tr for this' elusive younir millionaire, .1 1 11 I'nw oil, too. 1 have a letter for him from thai astute chap, l?lakc, the Itichinoud detective. This I'lake is a most reticent person. hut In* assured me that if I came to California and saw this .iolni l'owell tin* latter would help nie to lorule Arthur Mauley. Whether lie; is a ticket of leave man or is to he lynched o. remain a fugitive is not in my province to ar^uo. lit* is the heir to the Stan!e.\ earldom. Hut franklv .voting lads. if hnj^lnnd expects me m j.vo :111> farther in doititf my duly in this matter hn&laud is vastly nils taken. 1 urn uoiu'jr back as soon as 1 can lind a Irani and boat lo take inc. If you arc socking this .John I'owcll also, will you a-k him lo convey tins lo Arthur Stanley? Oddly enough, although I was no! all surprised at anything that happened to me in America, 1 found this when attacked by Indians? 1 heard their war whoops dis? LLD, CONWAY, S. O. tlnctly?yesterday uu t lie veldt?or rather, lu a marsh." And to the breathless amazement of Jisrher and Quabba the Knglisli lawyer brought from his breast pocket, in the , most mutter of fact maimer, the dia- ' mend from the sky! Again and again the Kuglisliiunu ex- ' plained the strange place and the J ! strange manner of its finding. Kstlier j and l^uabba could not grasp or solve , ! the mystery of the strange reappear- | | a nee of the heirloom. As for the Knglisli lawyer, lie only i asked to be rid of it. "1 wish no fur- ! tiler responsibilities, and I would not i stay on the veldt or in the jungles of I America for a leather hatbox full of; : diamonds from the sky." lie added. ! | "So please deliver it to this Mr. Powell j : for Arthur Stanley, with my compliments, exact ing, of course, a receipt." As lie said the words ho made a ; brief receipt in liis notebook and ten- i deled the book and li is fountain pen i t<? Kstlier. adding./"Please sign. Miss i Harding." Hut when Kstlier aflixed her name i boldly "Kstlier Stanley" the Knglisli lawyer scratched his head in a puzzled i manner. lint, although lie was puzzled. lie was not surprised. Nothing i l hat could happen in America eversur \ prised Marinmluke Suiytlie. Kstlier clasped the diamond around her ne? k. 1 ?y every light and title it belonged to her. The impulse that had i aetuated her father, the lute Colonel 1 Stanley, to rob her of her birthright in order that the great gem might never! go t?? Hlnlr Stanley, his enemy's child, was the Impulse that made list liar's i heart heat resolutely with the same resolve. If the diamond from the skv i was in sooth the Stanley charm against harm Kstlier Stanley heeded its pro- ; teeling influence now. It seemed that ithe purposes of fate, operating through the great diamond, had been served ... . . .. .. .... \ ! C* * 1 ,^w .ill il> .O .1 I lliill III IU' ,^HI \ I III' \V!IS COI1 , 'ii11 11. lit* had found the diamond In tlii? wilderness, and lie had passed , it on. CHAPTER XXXIV. I "The King of D.amonds." III-] next -lay. the delay and los??] iu.tr their way trivin.u their eti"nsies a chance ? > o\ ? : t.t ho iheni on horses stoh n from a lonely ranch in ihd valley. .M.umadtikc Sin.x the was jolted fro.n his p-a -e at tlie hack of the Imehhoa. d. 11 is j very discomfit lire, however, aided lis t lier and tv>u:;b!?a. for the horses of lathe and Ulnir had shit <1 off at the sipiirmimr I'm lire of the lawyer in the road. and when lilair and laihe re-! seined pursuit lvd'aer and <Mtald?a had reached the little railroad station and saiety. ******* hi Los Angeles Vivian Marston still weaves the spoil of hoc charms aboul Arthur. Sln? is the lirst to be taken to view the wonderful Aladdin's palace that us tlu> in liioiinirc oil man anil niino owner, John I'owcli. Ai l inn* lias liuilt. It i> a home lit to Imp o the wo man w ho dreams of possessing thedii 1 moinl from tlio sky. 1 > i i l. as a philosopher wisely saiil. "livei \ IxmIv lias a past." It i.; not the I hi 11.us wo do or tlio tilings wo arc yo i 11ijt lo lo thai sway our eotirsc. It. is I ho things wo have done. Vivian was parting with Arthur ni i ho ?I ? * r of I lor hotel. 11 or ores wore bright; lior cheeks were (lushed. Never had she In eu so interested or so happy. Arthur's infatuation was ootn plelo. Vivian only waiPal iil| the din iiiond from the sky was seen aaaiti of men. ttticc it appeared nun in she would have it. rightfully or wtohui'u! ly. ami to this ?-11< 1 s!i" would make use of the desperate and ivokless tut ture of I'.lair or of Arthur Stanley.' wi'hin his rights or as .lohn Puweli with his millions. She wouhl pia.v fast and loou.' with all tlio world to attain the star of her desire. r.nt everybody lias a past. At the. door of her hotel, as she smiled her i most da/./linv: smile in farewell to Arthur. a dapper vomit: Krenehman. attired in the height of fashion, stumbled , auainst her. "A thousand pardons!" lie cried, and.' lift iHi,' liis hat. lie Iniwed swoepiii-jcly to j Vivian and then to Arthur, waiting at the etirh hy his limousine. As Vivian blanched, for she recognise eil t lit* < 1:1 pper little frenchman. she frit a can I pressed into her hand, the: passing of the card masked l?.v the. stranger's hat. Site deftly hid the eartl in the laeo eiitY of her sleeve, and the I little Frenchman innrmnred Ids apolo gies again ami was none. Vivian Itardl.v remembered how she ! said good by to Arthur and reached her room. Strong as was her will and resolution, she fell her hand tremble as she plucked (he card from her sleeve. She had hardly need to look. It was j a playing card the king of diamonds! | As one in a daze Vivian struck a match I and applied it to the corner of the card. The face of the card burned, shriveled and passed off in smoke. There on tliej harking in bold, masculine hand writing j was a message: To the licet 1 of I fcarts?You will work I with us. \Y?: aro after ihe diamond from* 1 the sky* 1 (Sigmd) TIIK KINO OK DIAMONDS. "Frank Intraud!" she gaspe !. "Frank I >nraial!" She elinehed the score! o I c:i i.l till crumpled to a shapeless mass. Ileij past had come haek. The past of Monte Ciirlo ami of Kgypt. A past that i mear.l the police and flight: a past that mean; waste and folly ami wealth ill framed and <piiekly dissipated. Ami now Dnrand, the king of dia-! tmnids, called upon her with all the I might. ami right of these criminal hotels of old association. Now if she trained the dia mood this star niu?.?ii|i jewels would not hhe/e upon her breast: it wonhl be sol4 as swag and divided n,> .. j * \ v - PH v 3n?^BRi^^^xvN.vv Jfil :..xn.?'.'** m ? < - ?' * *jp^. 11 Vivian B !r.r, shed, For one Recognized the Dapper Little Frenchman. as plunder hy lhirand. t!u? internalintial swindler and .ifem thief', the iiuNi riotis hi:i4 of din:nonds. The Uin^r of diamonds! She reiueinhered now her pari in the name. She was th<? ijuven of' hearts! The decoy! And Vivian .Mr.rsfon heat her tender hands against the wall until they were jj^ Her Pa?t Had Come Back. bruised and swollen and bit her lips 1111 the blood came. She knew now whom she had to light, their cruelty and their cunning. Hut. sin; resolved to maun cruelty >tm<i running with ne.r bounty and her wonian's wit. This time she wonkl stuck the curds. Tim queen of hearts would play against her old confederaIes for the diumoud from the sky! At Suntu Hurtium Kstlior uud Qual>bit arrive, and there they letirn thai the beautiful new yacht belonging to .John I'owell is still in the harbor, l.sibcr resolves to visit Arthur on board unannounced, taking with her the diamond and the Stanley docti inent. She believed Art bur would 9 know wltal course would be best I'm them both to take. Ksther bad no doubt of Arthur's loyalty or bis love for iter. All she bad looked forward to was to meet him lace to face. With this in view she had endured and ad ventured with steadfast courage and high resolve, list Iter does not know that lllair has knowledge of .J111 I'owell and It! i yaeht. Kut lilnir, having no en use for swivy when he? lias arrived in Santa Ihirbara. lias not remained hidden at a hotel, as Ksther has, the diseree*. Quabhn also keeping from sight. So ttlair has learned Arthur has left tltej yacht nnd has returned to Los Angeles I ?n ItllSlllOSS. I Un I c s s llsther lias communicated with Arthur, which Blair does not I deem likely* Arthur has 111) reason as I yet to suspect him. Blair knows, til I (lis daring way Blair Is llidtffefeut. lie I telegraphs to Arthur he has arrived in I SailtU Bai'bttru and is disappointed in I missing him. Arthur realizes that he I Is a usurper, standing in tlie way of I Blair's birthright, the Stanley heritage. I For tills, it' not for the old association I of tholr wild youth iii Virginia* Arthur m has a generous desire to make amends I for tlie injustice he thinks lie does I Blair. I It is Vivian's wish also to keep Blair I from Los Angeles. The time may come I when she may need him. though, when I she battles against Hurand. the king of diamonds, and the rest of the I pack," as they call themselves. But I Just now she is not in open warfare I With the "pack." She suggests to Ar- I thur that Blair stay and look after the I yacht in Santa Barbara and that later I they Join him there for a cruise all to- I get her. IIow she is to exert her wiles I upon Arthur in the proximity of Blair I is a matter that Vivian leaves to the I time and the place. m Blair and the sailing master of the yacllt get their telegraphed instructions from Arthur, and when Blair goes aboard he finds lite sailing master and 4 a few of the men of one watch aboard, I lite rest of the crew having been given I shore leave in the absence of the 1 owtn r. I "Make yourself at home. Mr. Stan- I ley." says the sailing master. "You I will li 1 id thiiers in Mr. I'liwc'I's c??nin " "1 will need a 'I*mk1 deal of living >11?.** Hlair explains l;in;jrl>i11vrly. "My man :iimI I not lost in the mountains xvhi'e liuni lii'T. ** Ami ho indented Luke. wlm 11:i<I eotue nboard wit 11 him. "Let your imin iro to the I'oreeast li?. f ami I will sec ho is lit 1 c?;I out." said (In1 sailing master. "As for you, sir. I \ take it from Mr. Powell's lolouram .volt are to hel;? yoni'sell" I" wlial you wish of his thin.-s till your own arrive." The sailiiivf master led Itlnir to Arthur's eahin ami llieii said he would take the laumh to the wharf and foe. mi up the erexv in Santa I laid urn. "W'liieh." he added, "won't lie hard to IB ,?f Arthur Realizes That He Is a Usurper. <o. us Santa Uarbara is a temperance town. IL is only a <|Ueslion oi' which of the movie shows the men are at." As the launch panted to the wharf the sailing master and the man running the launch were aware of a very pretty girl in a snowy yachting costume being rowed in the direction of .! hit Powell's yacht by at hunchback or loretgn aspect. The sailing master noticed I lie girl in the row boa I eyed liim keenly, but turned as though disappointed. Arriving l?.v the companion way. Msther cautioned ijuahha to muUo no e\plunation it' questioned, as sin; wished to give Arthur the happy surprise of facing him unannounced. Itm no sailor on watch barred her way nor were any questions shouted over the rail to Quubha. The yacht swung idly at anchor, and such of the crew as were oil the boat were in tiie foi'eeastle witii the gypsy fellow who had come aboard with the friend of the owner* Here the bottle of liquor that Luke bad brought was augmented by some <?L' the same quality one of the hospitable sailors had in bis bunk. in Arthur's cabin Wait* had refreshed himself with a shower mid had donned fiicsh linen and a yachting suit of Arthur's. The two young men were of the same size, ami the uniform coat and cap lilted ltlair to a nicety. KsfTfer, crossing the deck, saw no V'lillll1 lit' ..ill. ...I' 1?. .1 ? 1 * """ ti ill V illi I ?>L10 lliMiil